At 21:00 on June 30, 1997, Yao Yuan and his fiancée Lin Shuting took a bus to the Convention and Exhibition Center, accompanied by Lin Wei and others.
Lin Shuting didn't see Lin Xiaohu and asked, "Where is Xiaohu?"
"He has something else to do." Yao Yuan said absently, looking at the watch on his left hand again. He was wearing a Zhonghua brand mechanical watch, which had been adjusted by the most senior watch master in Hong Kong and maintained its distinction with the Purple Mountain Observatory.
Seconds are right.
Lin Shuting was very excited, but she still noticed something was wrong with Yao Yuan, "This is a historic moment. It's a pity that Xiaohu can't participate. What's wrong with you? You've been absentminded since you got the watch in the afternoon."
"Xiaohu is doing something very meaningful. He will have no regrets." Yao Yuan said, looked at his watch again, touched it gently, and said, "The British are very bad. I'm worried that they will show up at the handover ceremony."
Moth."
Lin Wei, who was sitting in the co-pilot, interjected, "I think they will definitely do something wrong, but don't worry too much, we definitely have a complete response plan."
Lin Wei was the most excited. Faced with such a great national event, he was in the same mood as a junior high school student starting his winter vacation.
In order to celebrate Hong Kong's return to the motherland, many companies under the Dongfeng Group have launched souvenirs, mainly production companies, such as Yuanda Electric. They have designed a plan to require manufacturers to produce commemorative editions of Hong Kong's return in 1997, such as BMW, Baojun Motors, etc.
We started designing the comeback commemorative model years ago.
Lin Wei bought them all just to leave a beautiful memory.
For the Chinese people, the return of Hong Kong is a great and joyful event. People across the country are waiting eagerly, either sitting in front of the TV in the canteen, waiting in the neighbor's yard, or sitting by the radio...
Tonight will go down in history, and having the opportunity to watch the handover ceremony live is the greatest honor in this life.
Lin Wei has almost blind trust in the country. There is no difficulty that the wise Chinese people cannot overcome.
But in Yao Yuan's heart, who knew the future, his worries were real. Through the channel of Mr. Li, he implicitly reminded the relevant responsible comrades - don't think too well of the British and treat them as people with no bottom line.
It's the right thing to do.
Even so, Yao Yuan was still worried.
The focus of the handover ceremony is when the British flag will be lowered and when our five-star red flag will be raised. A second later is irresponsible to the Chinese people and a sinner. After more than ten rounds of negotiations, the British agreed to raise the handover ceremony on June 30, 1997.
The flag was lowered at 23:59:58. Our five-star red flag was raised at 0:00:00 on July 1, 1997, without missing a second.
But Yao Yuan is worried about whether it can proceed smoothly as planned.
He was uneasy because of this, but he had nothing to do. After all, he was just a businessman.
The motorcade drove into the convention and exhibition center, passed through the passage and entered the auditorium on the fifth floor of the new wing, sat down at the designated position, and quietly waited for the time to arrive.
In less than half an hour, all the guests and spectators attending the handover ceremony had arrived. They were basically people from all walks of life in Hong Kong. Everyone spoke with caution and held their breath while the personnel from both sides responsible for the handover ceremony were doing repeated inspection procedures.
, the on-site person in charge of both parties is the top priority.
No one feels uncomfortable sitting still, and everyone's mood is very different.
The time is getting closer.
When the leaders of both sides entered the arena, Lin Shuting was so excited that she tightly held Yao Yuan's hand.
The handover ceremony officially began.
Leaders of both sides spoke.
Yao Yuan suddenly said, "It's raining."
Lin Shuting suddenly turned her head and looked out from a distance. It was raining outside. She whispered, "The sky is affectionate and the earth is old. God has also waited for this day for nearly a century..."
When the British prince spoke, as expected, his speaking speed was much slower than before. Yao Yuan quickly looked at the time, and it was 23 seconds slower than the scheduled time.
People here in China are really excited.
Then the situation continued, and the British military band actually sped up when playing music, and the time was advanced by a full 12 seconds!
If things went wrong twice, no one would believe it if the British didn't do it on purpose.
Lin Shuting held Yao Yuan's hand so hard that her finger bones turned white from the force.
Yao Yuan patted the back of her hand gently and whispered, "It will go well."
Lin Shuting nodded.
We were well prepared and successfully handled the 12 blank seconds. The national anthem was played on time, everyone stood up, and the five-star red flag was raised.
Yao Yuan opened his mouth and sang, Lin Shuting sang along, Lin Wei sang along, others sang along, and the sound became louder and louder. Dozens of people sang the national anthem in unison, which filled the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center...
Two lines of hot tears rolled down from Yao Yuan's eyes. People from all walks of life in Hong Kong looked over in surprise and were surprised to see all these people from the mainland with tears streaming down their faces.
If you have not experienced that humiliating history, you will not be able to appreciate how hard-won this day is.
The five-star red flag fluttered high in the sky over Hong Kong, and the British flag was rolled up and taken away like a rag, representing that a humiliating history of the Chinese people is gone forever...
The return of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, is the Hong Kong of the Chinese people.
At the same time, the Hong Kong garrison ordered the British troops to evacuate their posts. At 0:00:00 on July 1, 1997, the heroic people's soldiers stood in the battle position to protect the people of Hong Kong.
Half an hour ago, it was raining heavily at the pier.
Lin Xiaohu stood there wearing a gray raincoat, watching coldly as a group of British people dragged their suitcases onto the cruise ship. These people were unpopular British people, and they secretly tried to find ways to stay. In the past few days, Lin Xiaohu took people one by one
Greetings to these British people with ulterior motives scattered all over Hong Kong.
Hence the current scene.
Lin Xiaohu could tell that these British people were deliberately stalling for time.
He said coldly, "The cruise ship must lift anchor on time, not even a second late. Those who have not boarded the ship will be asked to swim back."
"yes."
The men immediately went to do it.
Not long after, the person in charge from the British side came over and said, "Mr. Lin, time is tight. We can't complete the boarding in such a short time. We must be given another hour."
"At 0:00:00 on the 1st, the cruise ship must weigh anchor and leave the port." Lin Xiaohu said coldly.
Rain fell on his face, and the person in charge of the British side saw sharpness and a flash of fierceness in his eyes. This man was not a diplomat who spoke diplomatic rhetoric, he really knew how to take action.
Moreover, these British people are all civilians.
The person in charge of the British side gave Lin Xiaohu a hard look, turned around and left helplessly, and quickly informed those who had not boarded the ship to speed up.
The team suddenly became faster, and they were scrambling to get up at the end. I don’t know if it was because they were too nervous, or there was something wrong with the gangway, or because it was raining and the road was too slippery. British people kept falling down during the boarding process. They quickly got up and continued regardless of the pain.
Walk.
These were all photographed by paparazzi reporters hiding in hidden places.
At 0:00:00 on July 1, 1997, the cruise ship weighed anchor and left the port. Shortly after leaving the port, the heavy rain stopped...